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Maine softshell clam news

Press Herald - 1 day agoMeanwhile, a separate research project suggests Maine's soft-shell clam industry could collapse unless steps are taken to protect the fishery from green crabs that are thriving in the state's...

Bangor Daily News - 1 week agoClam harvester Mike Ashby holds up a green crab that was collected in the Harraseeket River in Freeport as part of a multi-year study by Downeast Institute and Maine Clammers Association on how...

Phys.Org - 1 week agoJuvenile soft-shell "steamer" clams are not surviving to adulthood due to high levels of predation, according to Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at...

Maine fisheries news

Penobscot Bay Press - 2 hours agoElver fishing is over in Maine as of 6 a.m. today, May 24, after the Maine Department of Marine Resources enacted an emergency rule citing illegal sales. The closure came in a last-minute...

NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ - 7 hours agoPORTLAND (AP) — Maine's highly lucrative baby eel fishery is being shut down two weeks early due to concerns about illegal sales. Fishermen seek the elvers in Maine because of the fish's...

Freepress Online - 8 hours agoOn Wednesday afternoon, the Maine Department of Marine Resources announced that it will be shutting down the elver fishery as of 6 a.m. Thursday, May 24 — two weeks before it was scheduled to...

IntraFish - 19 hours agoThe fishery takes place on the U.S. continental shelf from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Squid are harvested by small mesh bottom trawls by fishery client group Lund's...

Boston.com - 21 hours agoPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's highly lucrative baby eel fishery is being shut down two weeks early due to concerns about illegal sales. Fishermen seek the elvers in Maine because of the...